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should feel satisfied in the conviction that he had done his duty to the country, as a Member of that 'House, in bringing it for ward. The Hon. Gentleusa» proceeded to contend, that the fears of the country gentlestron were considerahly'eVersbdad with re . ferenre to the corn question ; and 'nothing, he maintained, but a fair and full diseuesion of the (Ant could bring its, hearings fairly before, the public, with a view to the interest dill daises. He hoped that the observations which be threw thus loosely to_ Realer, would not be lost upon the. How, and that it would not seriously entertain the intention of separating for three months without .Carriing to some decision on a question of such a para mount importance as the corn laxvx. 0* the question that the petitions be brought up, Mr.' HURST said, he could assure the House that the landed interest did not by any means feel the alarm on the subject of the earn laws which was attributed to them. He, for one, bad a well-grounded interest in that luiportant and vital qu est ion ; but he had a hill etmlidenee in the wisdom and discte tion of the Howse, and he was satisfied that it would not proceed to legislate not such a subject without maturely weighing, the inte mts of all parties concerned. lie hoped that the day would not be very distant. when the Corn Laws would be brought forward. The commercial and landed interests, he felt assured, wishes! for its speedy settlement; for so long as it remained in a state of un certainty and doubt, so long those interests were considerably re tarded. The petitions, which prayed the House to abolish the existing laws restricting the importation of foreign grain, were then brought up, and ordered to be printed. - Mr. HENRY GRATTAN_ presented a petition from the Hoo. Henry Southwell, complaining of an undue return • for the Ctiunty of Cavan. COMMITTEE Or suPPI.V. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT, as Chairman of Committee, pro temp., brought up the report of the Committee on the motion of Supply. On the question that it be read a second time, Mr. HUME did trot WWI to otter any opposition to the present motion, which ha was tware was one of conrse; but he felt anxious to know whether it tiros the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequet to l vote, at the present time, the usual estimates in a Committee of Supply. Mr. HERMES begged to state, in reply to the question of the Hon. Gentleman, that with, the exception of the usual vote for Exchequer Bills, it was not intended to propose the estimates until the next meeting of Parliament, when the appro priation of last year's EstiMates would also be voted. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT brought up the `Report of the Corn Indemnity Committee, and a Bill was ordered to he prepared, and brought in. • Mr. C. W. WYNN gave notice, that on an early day after the mess, it was his intention to move, that the thanks of the House should be given to the officers and men who contri buted to the glorious success of our arms in India.—(Hear, bear.) The House then adjourned at a quarter to, Ave o'clock till to morrow. PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS NNLATIVE TO ro.OOZEDINCS IN COMMITUItti ON VRIVATE UZ LS. 1. That the present distribution of counties in the several lists, for purpose of forming Committees on petitions for Private Bills, and on Private Bills, prepared under the direction of the Speaker borne years ago, has, from the great inequality of the numbers of Men►bers contained in such lists respectively, and from other vailfiel, been found not to answer the object for which it was frenred. 2, That, with a view more nearly to equaliztyntanbere, and to correct too strong a prevalence of local interest on committees on Private Bills, it is expedient that a new distribution of counties should be made, containing in each list, as nearly as may be, one hundred and twenty members; one bait only, or thereabouts, to be taken from the county immediately connected with the object of the Bill, amid the atijeining counties; and the other , half from tlher more distant, counties of Great Britain and Ireland; and that the members serving ficr such comitiea, and the places within such counties, should constitute the Committee,on each 13W. 3. That Mr, Speaker be requested to direet a new distribution of 4muntivs 'to be prepared et the' eo,nmencement of earls Session, in well manner as 4hriil beapprOved of by hint, conformably to 'the principle of the foregoing resolution. 4. 'That every Committee on a private 'Bill be required to re port to the House the Bill referred to it, with the evidence end minutes of the proceedings, b.. That a Committee be app,,Mteti at the tainitnenrement every 1ik,,,,0 00 o f p a yhament, bt, " the Committee of .4- pests upon Private itilbo," rvtfll.tl. Committee ettell eattehet a el) the knights of the .1.11 the members for eitieo, and such other members as may be named therein; , so that the whole pumlier appointed to serve upon such Committee shall amount to two hundred at least. t. That where any party i nterested in a Private Bill, who shall have appeared:in support of his petition, by himself his counsel or , /gent, in the Committee upon such Bill, or where the promoters of . a Private. Bill 4411 .be dissatisfied . with any vote of the Cont i-Nage upon such NA, and shall petition the House, setting forth the particular vote -or votes objected to, and praying that they may. he beard, by themselves their counsel or ageot, against such Vote or : votes, such, petition shall, together with the , report of the Committee upon the Bill, and the-minutes and evidence., taken be fore such Coutwittees, he referred to a Select Committee of seven Members of the House, to be chosen by ballot front the Coninuttee of Appeals upon Private Bills, which Select Committee shall hear the. arguments of the parties complaining of, and also of the parties 81 IppaFfing such vote or votes, and shall report their opinion there on to the 'House. 7. That whenever a petition Ault he presented) complaining of any vote of a Cinnmitlee, upon a Private Bill, the house shall fix a day Whereon to ballot for a Select Committee, to which such pe tition shall be referred, upon which day, at a quarter past fear o'clock, Or no near thereto rta the question which may be then be fere this 11Mrse will' permit, the speaker shall order the doors of the , House to be locked, and the names of the Members composing the Committee of Appeals upon Private, Bills being written, upon separate pieces of paper, and put into the glass, the clerk shall draw therefrom di names, until seven Members of such Com mittee who shall be then present ) and, who shall not have voted in the Committee upon the Private lfill to which the petition riders, shall have answered to their ue.uu at ; which omen Netnikera 4 1 1 411 he the Select Onuoaittee to whom sob petition shall be referred, and such • Seleet Committee shall mect fi,r business the following day at eleven 6'44, au & continue to sit, de die in deem, until they shall have reported Nam the same, and that only one coun sel or agent shall be„hcatd in support of the petition of any one party. '8: That na Member of ,01(11 Select Committee shall absentbilia. self thereftom daring its sitting. .., . . U. That the party Or parties coloplaining shall, previously to the balloting for Welt t Seleot committee, tlepoeit with the elerk of the feel, the sum of five bomfre.4l ',maids, for the.payutent of such . . ems a$ tiliY be awarded agemAt bon, her, 9r them, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATITRSALL'S.Nov. 27. The betting yesterday brought the Espagnolle colt . several poilibi higher in the odds, leaving him third favourite at only, a point behind the Web colt, and the odds taken, freely. Tidier iris., being piked a point before Web. Trimtpeter and melnke were likewise on the advance, 22 to I hung the last tenon agairea each. The ; rise the above has thrown Some of else merely neininal favouriteS nut of the betting. There. was not much done iat the Oaks, and nothing at all on the,*. Leger. The odds at the close settled s follow : DER 11) to T Aga Tatlet• 12 to 1 agat Web 13 to 1 apt Espagnolle 18 to 1 agst Writ! 1$ to 1 agst Catherine 22 to 1 agent Trumpeter 22 to 1 apt Marbleluke 25 to 1 ag4t Augtma 21 to 1 apt Dahlia Even WWI% between T Vir tot agst Dauntlos 23 to I agst Eliza Twig"' 30 to,l agst Torootoan 30 to I apt Cressida 35 to I apt Antar 85 to I agst metre 40 to 1 apt Roderick 40 to I agst Intruder 10 to I agst Yrotexta►►t* rumpeta and Mann:lnky. 14s. I I to 2 agst Maria 12 to I agat TOtttrid;e 14 to 1 agst Drown Duchess 14 to I apt Souvenir 18 to Target Scornful Those utarkell ter 20 to I agst Zeal 20 to I agst Hampden. 22 to I ago ',minty 2.1) to I agst any other. ills )were token. itAy MAlMETS,—('fnu i i)Ar. ) (At per Load of 30 Trutaels.) tr. YAMOM, 1 ,r,. 4 14 lid Nivadow Itaa3 10 tot, 10 (love; llay ... £l 10 tO 01/ Isplatid 1 ) 11 W • ... ... .... 410 : 10 Oat Nttmv 1 w 112 14 1 e ye tv 4; 1 , 11 : 4 1 0 1 : y t i a .. i .. , .... : I I' 4 1 , b v. , 111 ,) Wheat I)itto ...... clover Ifflll t4y m 54.10 tic Kt low histier tlinit !aft Hu t ted ; to priers Om whole . , rather thi ll . of MraciourY fro And httLIW 1 .. 4 dtkrlitiCkit. Supply linlited, and trsde, 4111 h ri fITI 1 1 , 11.11,1). ' Lowh in d meadow Ilay,X3 ()to+ 6 Clover Hay gpoertilly X t 10 ttP 0 0 liplalui Ditto ... ..... . ... t 0 § h Do. extmotAkttary lion 0 0 ti 10 4 0 b 5 ffathitraw 1 4 110 fivairroaa Hai "01.0. ~, ._ I ~,.., ..... ... Stet Maadow Ilay ..... 315 A ) Wltuat 1)11A9 .... .. ... 110 113 ta l iply good, and trAde du i pica m 014 ti,. 4 4, 41r 4 y , \ii SAW INTtLLTOttIa-. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Moimpor, Nov. 25. Mr. CAMFBILLL Moved far a rule to show cants why a quo warranto shtmla bot be isinea, calling on Prancis Hughes, Esq. to show by What right he itercised itio Office of Mayor, in the Borough'of Stafford: By the Charter of that BoroUgh the Mayor was the roturnibg officer at elections for Members of Parliament. Mr. Hughes was Mayor last year, and acted in the tiOacity of re turning officer ; by the statute, the 9th tf Ann, no officer who re turns Members can continue in his office for two successive years. A pond objection to Mr. Hughes' election was, that there were only four Aldermen present on the 29th of September last when he Was elected; whereas, by the Charter there ought to be six. The third objection was, that he was elected before by himself, Rll he held the office of ltlayor at the time of his, election.—Role granted. XING V. JOHN MIA - MAN. Mt. ROUGRADI moved for a rule culling on the defend ant, who, by the affidavits at the Stamp-office, appeared to be the printer and proprietor of the Sunday Times newspaper, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him for a libel on the Hon. Wm. Long Pole Wellesley, published in the defendant's Paper of the sth November last, which was contained in the following statement:-- " Wellesley's.history is no common one:-.—Fourteen years sines he became the triumphant husband of a young and amiable woman, possessed of every virtue to make a deserving man happy, and with a fortune more than princely : the first and proudest of the land bowed before her shrine and were rejected ; she selected . this Lovelace front. a thronged circle of suitors, and for what qualities of form or of mind the hapless lady herself could never state.— Assurance he possessed in an unbounded degree ' • he bore a name then covered With civic and military glory, but in either of 'which he had no share ; his knowledge was bounded by the stable, , . and his achievements by the gaming-table. These were scenes of his renown. He was then living in open harlotry with a female he afterwards abandoned. The communication was made by the wretched woman herself to Mrs. Wellesley in despair ; her affec tion pronounced his pardon, and her generosity supplied him with 0,000/. to provide for his victim—hi took the money and spent t at the gaining-table! Such was the man to whom ilisa Tilney Long, the then richest heiress in Europe, intrusted her heart, her fortune, and her happiness, and by whom all w9re soon irre trievably wrecked. Oa the morning of his marriage, Long Wel lesley was the most enviable man in England ; in five short years he was covered with debts and diagram ; wild waste and wanton riot soon reduced a regal fortune to ruin. The noble mansion of Wanstead-house was stripped of its furniture, and levelled to the ground ; the privileges of Parliament no more protected the ruined prodigal, and he had to fly to the Continent to avoid a gaol. His admirable wife accompanied him,. without pining or reproaches— happy in the hope that adversity would instruct him, and change a heart that was seared to conviction. lie had nothing himself; he was bankrupt alike in character and fortune; but his inimi table wife had 5,0001. a-year secured as pin •money by her mar riage -settlement, and this, the wreck of thousands, she shared with hint; lie owed her every thing in exile, as in ruin she still clung to him; and had he a human heart he would have treasured her with a miser's care. [Here, continued the Learned Counsel, were some verses which he should not trouble the Court with.] " But how did he repay her? By introducing an adulterous wanton beneath her roof, at Naples; by making his wife the un conscious pander to his base appetites and her own misery, and driving her broken-hearted to the grave." _ . Mr. Wellesley, continued the" Lekirned Counsel, swears as follows :—" That in all its material parts, the above Statement is utterly untrue, and is a gross, false, and mali cious libel; he denies that his knowledge was bounded 'by the stable, or his achievements by the gambling table; he denies that at the time of his marriage he was living in harlotry with any woman; he denies that Mrs. 'Wellesley was ever applied to by a person such as was there rty:re.• sented, as in fact there was ad such person, or that Mrs., Wellesley ever supplied him with 10,0001. ir that . or any similar purpose during the whole course of his life, o r that he ever took such . a sum and spent it at the gambling table ; he states that he never since his marriage lost by gaming, any sum amounting to 5001., or that he ever won !lbw; 501„ or ever played for more than '4Ol. and that- , doring two years ' 'residence in Paris, he. never iregnented the saloons, although it, is a common practice for oil gen. tleMen to visit them, or gaming houses there. Ile" admits it is true that at the time of his nig - 11.64'e he came into a large income, but it became necessary fOr him to keep ul an establishment suitable to his rank, and for that pur poso he was led into considerable expense in the purchase of jewels, plate, horses and carriages, and in furnishing the family mansion; laying out of the grounds anew, and re pairing it, which, together with the farm-house and other buildings on the different estates, involved him in very heavy debts, while, at the same time, he was only the tenant for life of =estate charged with the jointure of 45004 per annum, and with fortunes for the younger children of 30,0001. each ; he further stated also that he had not been obliged to fly to the Continent, and so far from Mrs. Wel lesley having supplied him with funds, Mrs. Wellesley hid a gekral order to draw on his banker for whatever sums of money she might want, and that she did so draw accord ingly. And also that during the whole time they were on the Continent, Mrs. Wellesley never suffered any priva tions, but.waa supplied with every comfort she. could re quire, and her usual retinue of servants, horses, and car riages; he, then , stated, that .iii the marriage settlement there was an express proviso directing the . trustees (the Marquis Wellesley and the Hon. Phillip Bouverie) that at the request of Mrs. Wellesley and himself, they (the trustees) should' cause any of the mansions on the different estates to be pulled down, and the materials thereof to lie sold by auction, and that the money raised themby should be vested in the said trustees, for certain purposes named itt the marriage -settlement, and that in execution of that proviso, arid by and, with the consent of Mrs. Wellesley, and the concurrence of their friends and relations, they did both call upon the trustees to pull down the mansion of Wanstead-house, and sell the materials thereof ; and that in pursuance of that request, after taking two years to consider. of it, the trustees did sopull downand tlispose of the materials o f Wanstea&hoUse ; and Mr. Wellesley further stated, that during their residence at Naples, he never. introduced to Mrs. Wellesley, or under 'tier roof, any. person with whom he had any adulterous intercourse, and that, initead of her having died of a broken heart,. as. was represented by the defendant, he (Mr. Wellesley) was informed, and believed, that she died at Richmond, of a bowel complaint. The learned counsel conclude d by stating, that the de fendant had in this libel steered entirely clear of the trial which had recently taken place at Guildhall, in which it was we ll k no wn that Mr. Wellesley had appeared as a de fendant. The defendant had libelled Mr'. Wellesley by the publication of matter entirely new,' which Mr. Wellesley states generally to he utterly false and without the slightest foundation. Mr. Justice Homtovn.—Do the affidavits sufficiently establish the defendant to be the . proprietor and publisher of the paper in question ? Mr.; BROMIA,24.Yeti, my Lord. Mr. Justice Houtovn.---Talte your rule.—Rule granted accordingly. THE KING v. WILLIAM INNELL CLEMENT. Mr. BROUGHAM, on behalf of Captain O'Neil, a Moil ber of the present Parliament, applied to the Court for a rule, calling on the defendant, who is the ;proprietor of several newspapers, to show cause why a criminal infor mation should not be filed against ,him for a libel he had published in his paper of yesterday, entitled Bell's Ale in Landon. The affidavit of Captain O'Neil . stated, that in consequence of some occurrences which had taken place, he had been made the subject of various attacks in the de• retakes paper, and had therefore instituted p roceedin g s against hiM. On Saturday last a true bill had been found by the Grand Jury against the deponent and two other persons, and it wars observed in this very CoUrt; that the defendant's attorney was at that time acting in conjunc tion with the attorney of the partier who bad preferred the bill against the prosecutor. That such conduct could only be attributed to one Motive was perfectly obvious, and ac cordingly, on examination of all the Sunday papers that: had been published,yestettk, in the defendant's paper' alone was found a report of ,the , hill.havit been found by the Grand Jury, ami‘of the cause which had produced that proceeding, under the title of " Play on High The defendant, in allusion to some statements that had appeared in other papers, proceeded as follows : ..‘‘ In the first place , the statement is wrong. as to the number of persons present on the interesting occasion in question, inasmuch as the name of a most impartial gentleman, whb totiit no part in the innocent amusements of the evening, is altogether omitted. In the next place, the statement is essentially wrong as to the pro _ . _ portions in which the money was won—..for although Mr. W-- was-certainly the largest winner, he still left a sufficient sum for a very handsome dividend among the other successful players. Then with regard to the amount of the tavern bill--this May, perhaps, within a fraction, be correct; hurt timely it is ridiculous to infer, because the charge for eating and drinking amounted only to 30s. a head, that some one of the party, from inclination or from the kind solicitations of his friends, might not have been induced to take more than his fair Share of the wines which'were drank, and therefore might have been excited in a greater degree, or rendered less competent to exercise a cool and dispassionate judgment than his noble and honewrable companions. The season for being more particular, however, has not yetarrived; that opportunity - , we trust, will be afforded us in due time, as one of the parties has proceedings against us. done us the favour of commencing legal When that period shall arrive, our own vindication, as well as justice to all parties, requires that we should not be influenced by false delicacy ; we shall in fact elicit 'the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth ;' and this done, a respectable jury, as well as the country at large, will be able to judge how far we have' been to blame in exposing to general observation, by way of caution, been invited, we will admit the fact of a young inexperienced gentleman, a boy in appearance, although just legally of age, having for the first tune, to a friendly convivial me e ti ng a t Ri c h m o n d, and returning from thence, six hours afterwards, minus 6,0001. ! Just I,ooot. per hour for the honour of being associated with Noble Lords and M. P,'s, every erre of whom were participaton in the spoil. " As to the imputation of want of cando u r an d man li ness on the part of Mr. A—, that is:a matter in which he is personally concerned, and, of course, will be treated in such a manner as his own feelings as a gentleman and a man of 'honour may suggest; but we think it a little too much to assert, that, because he may have lost 25,000/. in the purchase or sale of stock—an occurrence, if true, which, from the rise or fall of the funds, might have happened to the least speculative moan in the world--he was im bued with a spirit of gambling ; and that he was perfectly au fait with that most ruinous of all games on the cards, unliMited 100, at which he lost his money, and was a fair match for the expert individuals to whom he was opposed, upon whose practices, at this moment, we are pnwilling to be more explicit. " We cannot close.this article without stating, from all we have heard of Mr. A—, not only that he is a young gentleman of highly respectable connections, but that his habits awl principles are in every respect foreign to those of a' bon vivant or a gamester. ShoUld any doubts exist as to this correction of the Morning Post, the curious may be, perhaps, gratified by the sight of our pleas, which are in the hands of Charles Pearson, gent., solicitor to Augustus John O'Neil, M.P., for Hull. " Since writing the above, we have been informed that there is a statement in circulation at the west-end of the town, drawn up by one of the' gentlemen concerned. We have endeavoured to obtain it, but without success. The names of all the parties are now so generally known, that we think it unnecessary any longer to wrap them in mystery ; we shall; therefore, in compliance with the request of several of our country correspondents, state them seriatim. They are as follows ;--The most noble the Marquis of Clanricarde, the most noble the Earl of 41owth, John \Valrond, Esq., the Member for Sudbury, and collengue of John Wilks, jun. Esq. Then, by his own confession, Augustus John O'Neil, Esq., Member for Hull, and John Matthew Rolland, Esq., an Irish bar rister, who did not play, we understand, but kept alive the con viviality of the party by proposing toasts, and ' pushing about the bottle.' The name of the unfortunate pigeon, whose feathers were so singularly plucked, is Auldjo; he is the son of a mer chant, who, during his life, was well known in the mercantile circles, and who left a large property to his heir, honourably ac quired by mercantile industry. Mr. Auldjo, we have been in formed, has acted, in the course which he has taken, by the ad vice of his nearest connections, who are merchants of the highest rank awl character in the city." Mr. Justico ItoutorD—Does the affidavits state that the defendant imputes fraud to the prosecutor ? Mr, BROUGHAM—Yes, my Lord ; the libel then pro ceeds thus : " -It is but justice to add, that from all we have been able to. collect,. the two Noble Lords whose names are mentioned never saw Mr. Auldjo before the day on which the dinner took place ; they will therefore, we hope, .he able to explain away, in a satis factory manner, their connexion (if they had any) with the other parties in the business. We may be permitted to add, that a bill of. indictment, against some of the individuals said to be . . " . cated, has been prepared by an eminent Counsel; and, from what we have heard, was ready for presentation, if not actually pre ferred, before the Grand Jury, yesterday, at Westminster. It dots not include the names of the Noble Lords ; a circumstance strongly confirmatory of our belief, that they will he in a condi tion to exculpate themselves from the imputations Which at pre sent overhang the transaction. We stop the press to announce, that the bill alluded to above has been , actually presented to the Grand Jury, who have found a true bill against Augustus O'Neill, John Walrond; and John Mathew Rolland, Ibr a conspiracy in winning money at cards—an. offence under the statute of Anne. Mr. Auldjo tinctly denies that be ever had any money in the funds, or ever speculated in them in any way ; neither had he ever gambled in any way whatever, until induced to do so by the party at Rich ' monel. It appears that the cards used o►► this occasion were sent for by an extra waiter, without the knowledge or sanction of Mr. Topham, landlord of the Talbot Inn, where the affair took place." Captain O'Neil, continued the Learned Counsel, denies the most direct terms the conduct thus imputed.to him. he states in his affidavits his first acquaintance with Mt Auldjo to have commenced in the following manner. An old friend of his (Captain. O'Neil), a Captain in the army, asked to be allowed to introduce to him Mr. Auldjo, who he represented to be a respectable young man, the son of a merehan tin the city, the partner of his father. Ceptain O'Neil at first rather declined, but Mr. Auldjo was after wards introduced, and they met two or three times : softie time after they met by accident at Lord's Cricket-ground, and Mr. Auldjo began to admire Captain 'O'Neil's horse, from that he began to speak of driving, and as C a pt a i n O'Neil was engaged on a driving party to Richmond with his friend, the Marquis of Clanricarde, on the follovaing Monday, lie thought it would be a good opportunity of showing . that 'attention to Mr. Auldjo, which lie was anaioue to: show to , him, from his having been in troduced by .ft friend : accordingly he - told him, if he felt disposed to go, he would introdurce him to a friend, who would no doubt have a seat in his carriage for him. Mr. Auldjo was introduced, and invited to accompany them to Richmond on the following Monday,: With regard ,to Mr. Walrond, Captain O'Neil states, that lie was introduced to him three or four year); ago, and that he had not' met him till the period of the General Election, when having been both returned to serve in the present Parliament, a conversation took place concern ing their return. For, three or four days they dined to gether; and on the 7th of August, the day in question, he (Captain O'Neil) met Mr. Walrond, who asked him to go s.nd dine with him. Captain O'Neil excused himself, as he was engaged for the day with his friend; Lord Clan ricarde, but he said to Mr. Wairond, that if he felt dis. posed to go; he was sure Lord Clanricarde would be glad to see him as a friend of his. Mr. Wairond assented,. and they aceordinglyjoined the Marquis of Clamicarde's party.—•. They dined at Richmond, and after dinner some conver sation took place between Lord Clanricarde and the depo•:. Dent respecting the French game of ecarte. One of the waiters was directed to get a pack of cards, and he accor dinglytwo new packs, and Captain O'Neillev Lent ord Pire d L Clii h r aB tri ed earde'haVing played a game or two , it was prop ose d that they should play some round game, such as commer c e or 1 00 , w h ere a ll could joi n ,— After playing some - t i me, and los i ng 8 1. or 91., M r , Ro ll a nd declined playing any ma re , allying, he considered the stakes as getting too high for any amuaement. Th e d e . not excited by wine, or playing, and quitted the company ; that no one was pressed to p l a y, and that . that any one might have declin e d ponent further stt me d :„.Auiti Jo was at all ignorant of the gun " w hi c h had been i n t ro d uce d , as,be said he had played them at Cambridge. There was nl so the affidavit of the , waiter, and the master •of the • house, who stated that there were only eight bottles of , light wine ordered, that there were six persons, and after sitting sev e ll"houra, two bottles were returned unopened to the bar, 48 al so t h e other pack of cards: that non e of the party were in the least intoxicated. There [ 'vas also the affidavit of the person from whom the cards were bought, who stated t h e w to have been of the usual description ; and Captain O'Neil further stated, that there was no previous agreement between any of the parties that any play should be introduced. Mr. Justice HOLROYD.—Does it appear what was the amount ]cast Mr. BROUGHABL—NO, my Lard) Captain O'Neil states that he lost 65/. Mr. Justice HOLROYD.--We don't think we aught to grant this rule, as we think we ought to have more infor mation first; besides, it Would appear from their own showing, that the parties were engaged in an illegal trans action. _ _ _ Mr. BROUGHABI.—It certainly may be so said, but there is the greatest difference in the . world between that and the offence with which Captain O'Neil stands charged, and if the defendant is allowed by publications of this nature to prejudice the minds of the public by such misrepresenta tions, the course of justice will he interrupted, and it will be impossible for Captain O'Neil to receive a fair trial; he (Mr. Brougham) therefore trusted the Court would not refuse this application, because an illegal act had been, done. , Captain O'Neil hild, for the injury he had already received, brought an action against the defendant, yet he still persisted in the same course. Here he was on Saturday pleading his sham pleas, and getting up an infor mation against Captain O'Neil, for what purpose the CoUrt would decide ; and on Sunday he puts forth to the world a statement,' which is to be found in no other paper, which can only be derived from the information he has re ceived from the parties engaged in preferring the bill, and which statement is wholly unfounded, and denied in the most direct direct terms,.not only by Capt. O'Neil, but the landlord, the waiter, the person by whom the cards were - sold, which were so unblushingly represented as having been the instruments of this alleged fraud. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.—Mr. Brougham, you cannot get the rule made absolute before next term. By proceed ing at the session against the defendant, you will obtain a much earlier remedy. Mr. Justice Hotaurp.--I - think your remedy would be more expeditious by the ordinary mode of proceeding, and that, without further information, we should not grant the rule.—Rule refused. TIER KING V. HE ROCHA. The COMMON SERGEANT said, he had in this case to apply to the Court to postpone its judgment on the de fendant, on account of the defendant's extreme ill health. The defendant had been found guilty, having' been pro ceeded against by criminal information, for writing and publishing a libel on the Count Palmella, the Portuguese Ambassador. Mr. BROUGHAM, on the part of the Count Palmella, said, that it was not the wish of his Noble client to press the judgment of the Court against the defendant, after the apologies that he had made. The COURT then admitted the defendant to cuter into his own recognizances of 500/. to appear in Court to re ceive judgment, in case he should, at any future period, be called on. The defendant having entered into the above recogni , zunees, was discharged. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 27• This morning the Court sat at the usual hour, when the under named insolvent* were severally discharged, there being no oppo sition. Samuel Sugden, Edward Williams, Samuel Wells, John Kirby, William Turner, John James Purchase, Thomas Davies, the younger, Jonathan Horsetail, and William Long- • botham. Thomas Hull was opposed by Mr. Oliver Willcocks. The Insolvent stated, that in the beginning of the present year he removed from his house in Stratton Ground to . Brewer-street, Westminster, at which period lie paid a composition of 2s. 6d. in the pound, anll accepted bills for 2s. 6d. more to the whole of his creditore. Insolvent wai compelled to sacrifice his property to enable him to pay the 2s. 6d. in the pound down. It was alleged by the opposing creditor, that the insolvent had gives an undue preference to a person of the nanie of Farrow, and• that the property removed from Strutton-ground, was of the value of upwards of 300/. The insolvent denied the statement, upon which Mr. VfIid.COCKS said, he would not put any more questions, but was convinced that the insolvent had been guilty of undue preference, and fraudulently making away with property. Mr. CostmissioNrit HARRIS said tbat the insolvent had an swered every question put to him very ingenuously, and that thire was nothing like evidence that he had committed the offences at tributed to him.—Discbarged. SOLAR ECLIPSE.-TO-MORII,O W. We beg leave to remind those of our readers who may be interested in Astronomical phenomena, that a ',artist eclipse of the sun will take place 'to-morrow. It will com mence 1 minute before 10, A.M. The greatest obscuratiOn will be at 1. min. past 11, and the eclipse will end at 11 minutes past 12. The portion of the sun's disk obscured will be on its northern side, and will extend rather beyond the centre of the disk, or in astronomical language, 6 digits, 37k. In the great solar eclipse of Sept. 18‘40, several curious particulars were observed respecting alte rations which took place in the light and heat of the sun. It was at that time strongly recommended to observers, on any future occasion, to endeavour to verify the ap pearances presented. It cannot perhaps be determined whether the ensuingeclipse will be of sufficient magnitude to render these effects perceptible, but at all events it may be well to' call the attention of the public to the circumstances. On the occasion alluded to, Mr. Wiseman of Norwich sub jected pieces of black, blue, yellow and red Cloth to the focus of a burning lens ,during the eclipse, and having previously observed the times, they respectively took In catching fire in the ordinary rays of the sun, and that the black fired soonest and the others in the order mentioned, he fonnd that during the eclipse this order became Changed and that the red fired soonest, and the rest in the same order as before. He also found that in the greatest obseu ration the bulb 'of a thermometer held in th e f ocus f or f our minutes was not in the least affected. He further observed on forming the prismatic spectrum during the eclipse that titers was a great deficiency of the red rays, We mention these circumstances in order to give to them as much publicity as possible, -hoping that in the chance of clear weather, and the event of the eclipse being large enough, these observations will be repeated by some of our readers; we shall be happy to publiskthe results. MR. EDITOR—As there will be a partial Solar Eclipse to-morrow forenoon, I take the liberty of - cautioning your numerous readers against viewing the Sun during the transit, without the precaution of using a stained or smoked glass; as the extreme vividness of the Solar light has a most injurious effect on the optic nerve, and frequently produces a dimness of sight which no efforts can remove. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, Hampstead, Nov. 28, 1826. Z. VICTOR HUGHES• Boeneaux, Nov. QV—Them-an-of blood, the Robespierre of the Colonies, has breathed his last--Victor Hughes is dead, and harnanity again respires. The accomplice of those wretches who overwhelmed Francs in misery and ruin, he surpassed them all in his cruel mission. Landing at Guadeloupe, by an effect of that fatality that presides over misfortune, he proclaimed liberty to the Blacks, and lie slaughtered th th e i i e r su in ti e s a ter n :: im T m h e e n m ie oie w ty ea o l f th t . he pro, prietore' felt under his mentions, and every family beWailed its victim. The Colony, then extremely rich, rasa plundered, and -Hughes amassed, scourge of that quarter of the world, he produced insurrections in St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Grenada; but bit failed at Dominica and Afartinico..—there his emissaries received their merited re ward ; the wholeofthent were captured, and put to death. Th. cruelties for which this terrible manivas notorious, can - scaree be enumerated, and some of them'even surpass belief. Recalled in 171.03, , he was confirmed by the Consuls in his office of Commis sioner of Guiana, where, as in Guadeloupe, he acquired a eon siderable fortune by his exactions. After the capitulation of that Colony, he returned to France, where Rtionaparte made him dis gorge a p ar t of the gains of his robbery. He then sought shelter in the departtnent of the Gironde, in the commune of Rion, where be remained until his death, with the exception of six Months that he passed with a person named Mark Bortlea,'s potter, hie nephew> and formerly his confidential lecretary.,2llemerial PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMON'S. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR TIIIS DAY. 1. Mr. Littleton... Appointment of Select Committee of Appeal on Pri vate Bills. 2. Mr. Alexander Dawson--To snare for certain Returns respecting the Borough of Athlone. ORDER OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. Postage (St. Domingo)--Committee thereupon. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Wednesday, Xmr."29. 1. Mr. Herriaasard rote Exchequer Bills, and Transfer of lisants. (In Committee of Stippiy.) 2. Mr. Herries—AnnUal Indemnity 13ill—Land Tax Commissioner& Name BIM Thursday', Nov. SO. Mr. Hume—Returns of all Officers wh o have been permitted to sea their Full Pay, Half Pay, and Brevet Commissions, since the last Return in March ; also, a Return of the money reeelVed . and for the same. After the Holidays• Mr. Williams Wynn—Thanks to the Officers and Men engaged in the late glorious successes in Indic. J PRICES OF STOCKS THI Bank Stock 203 2 per Cent. Red..........12%N 3 2% 3 per Cent. Con!. etl%%V4 S!4 per Cent. 6 y, Ditto Red. 4 per Cent. New .98 1 ,4 Ditto, 1826 97 Dank Long Ann. ..... ....19 746 India Stock DAY AT ONE O CLOCK. South Sea Stock ....... ........ Old Anntlititl ........................ New Ditto E D i i t t . to ß ....... 4 . 1 " :000 5 ; ...... .......................... Ditto 24, ...... 21 pm. Ditto Commercial .................. '" -- Bank for Opening. ....... ...... India for AccOunt ......... •••••••.... Cons. for Opcaing ........ 4VA Ditto Bonds 37 39 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. — Brazilian Bond. — Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chilian Bonds, 6 per ...ct. 3B Colombian Bonds — Ditto, 182$ 4114 2 17,', Danish, 3 per cent. 62% Greek Bonds — Ditto, 1826 lle,i 2u 19Vi hie Guatunala -- Mexican Bonds 56% Do. 1845" C.814 8 V, .:.L.--_-.------- NDS AT ONE 0 CLOC/C. .Neapolitan, 189.4 .... .............. —'' Peruvian 80nd5....... ........... ... 35 Portuguese E0nci5.............• .... l'iN Pnuaian, 5 per cent. ....—..... Ditto, New. ................... ...,..... --- Russian, New, sp. c. ........ .. Al Spanish, 1891 ...................... 13 --- MO ........... • ......... -- Frencb ROWS, b p. c. ...... 100 f. 15c. ----Exchane ........... 25t. 50c. ------9 per ce nt. . ....... ... 721. Mc. ----Exchang 25f. boc. PRICES OF srfARES AT ONE Par Slott. paid. 41 40 Brazilian Mining Company .£'2o gg 10% 15 1E134 Columbian Mining Company UnitediMexican Mining Company ..... O.CLOCK. PRICE OF IRISH Rank stock 239% Gar. Stock, 3!i per cent.... Si% 6 , 1 Ditto, New ' WA 4 per Cent 9411‘ 6 i,lO, Gov. Deb. 3% per cent • 4 Consols, 3 percent. BO% Royal Canal Stock .-- Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. t per cent. iTOCKS, NOV, 25. St. Patrick hour. (persharS••• Royal Irish Di tto ................. . _— liation7l Ditto ............. P atr i ot i c Dittos ..................... Hib ern i an Bank .......... . ...... Prov i nc i a l Ditto ................ Royal Irish Nina .. Imlxrtnl ................ Aline ..••••••••• ....... Mining Co. of lIC4M ....... , .... Commercial MA. Arrived. Due. . O Anteric• 0 1 Brazil 1 Buenos Ayrea O Donaghadve 1 Dublin 1 Flanders 0 1 France O Gottenburgh L S . Arrived.o(l)ra 0 : /} Gim 'n o 11 al s e rta rbn i n ti : 11 1 : 8‘ Jamaica .. . ......... 0 0 Leeward Islands... 0 2 Waterf0rd............ ------, - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR TO-MORn u "; Morning ..... .. 45 minutes after 1. Evening 14 minutes 31 . ter I' . 1 11 t 4* * . 4 111 LONDON, TUESDAY' EVENING, NOVEMBEI? 28, 1626' We have the pleasure of announcing, that fli g MAJESTY will honour Drury Lane with his presto° on Friday next, on which occasion, (at his oPre' s desire), the Opera of the Devil's Bridge, and the Farce of Love, Law, and Physick , will be performed. The proceedings in Parliament last n i g ht Were Pei therjmportant nor interesting. presenting petition s, HUMS laboured strenuously in his voca tion of Mr. an d g iving no ttii ' t h e extent ces of motions. Amongst the Jolter the -Fi n P" Gen of the Church Establishment of Ireland under the ent consideration of the House ; an d to submit a resolu tion for the removal of the Viceroy establis r hm from that part of the United ingdom. Mr. r• the Scotchalso, also, in presenting a petition from intention to bring Boroughs for the abolition of the present restrictions on the importation of foreign corn, took occasion to repeat what it appears the Hon. Gentlelnan said in his former speech on this subject, but which was in audible from the impatience manifested c ould the House, " that the peace of the country not, be secured if the vitally important question qf the Corn Laws were postponed." And he con , eluded by declaring, that ' if no other Member took up t h e su bject, he would himself, before the pre sent Sitting was over, introduce a Bill upon it, be the result of it what it may, to urge on a discussion which the people were so anxious should take °OW', 'qr . . HuRsT argued also for the speedy adjustment oi the ques tion ; but the observations of both these goo. Members ~ passed unheeded by," Mr. IlEttnizs gave notice of his intention to owl the usual Vote fur the issue of Exchequer 13ills, b" announced that it was not the intention of bis, 7e the Government to propose any of the Film s during. the present Sitting of Parliament. ---- —. _../.. /I - ....... -- -=----_______ The Paris Papers of Saturday, and the -•P`"" - change of the Ratifications of the Sunday, reached us in usual course last night- Th to- They do not contain much tle‘ cs ' • - of doubt, And Inaiiy of Akermann is. placed be d yon a 1 1 the Moldavian and Wallacbiar, fees wil(' '''', - emigrated into the Russian Proviii, have r etur ' '''' to their principalities. , la d subjoin fikra the Etoila a` few reinirks otlic, le Kin's not frankly _Speech on the opening of Parliament. ~..s Etode labours hard on this as on all other ocesto':, to convince its readers that there is no cause of tine:' mess in the present state of public affairs ; but it t ~ Cunventwil part of the . Court of Maki d to interfere with 0' deny the existence of any intention 0/ 1 L ai % affairs of Portugal, in the wAiy which, fwi n ccl ea• currmg . testimony of various reports and c.ommulli it tio . ns from I be mad enough to attem t• P • , f ar 1115 VICTOR HUGIIIO, the man so 110W130011..,,,,, Madrid, it appall WO prObllble that i cruelties and exactions in the French West india:u.v opiett, recently died in retirement , in the South lot France. . noll , The King of FRANCE . is still staving front -4- • ;i,. in the knee, occasioned b y a fail which his net .lE O. had some months Since. Pants, Nov. 25.—1 f a distoures emanating front the Til.rl of England requires interpretation , it i s Douai to s eek or, I t-,l t h the words of th e Ministers, and Of those who are chare".„ ; ::is proposing the Address`, Arlo are always the organs of i",:„4,"- t i: _What phrase is _ it in the King of England's Speech, in wr i s, r est! Opposition Journals seek to diewver something hostile a nd -.-- .' i _ eng ? Prec isel y that on Whieb Mr. Canning and Metiot: i t m i dell and Winn gave the most pointed explanations. V i l 4 ,,,t mess to repeat these, because we published then yetterilitf, sit, the other Journals only giving then to-day, they will hs 0 06 " . ' l i t eyee of the general reader at the same time of diftioll reinart!i• , I may be Setll, in fact, u;it when the Wog or 1:: ,ow — , am exerting myself with unresisting aUxielyi. wh . Er sivillP ° ,,f in conjunction with my Allies, as' well to arrest'", 1 propr i i ,' f ... nti, rt ilptlitit ir Iwo i p, t I existing hostilitiee, as to prevent the i - ' ',ti . fenent'parta of tlte world.C-lxis litaleaq, means tlift„. 400111, be has songhtsinglT (and the Mission' of Lord Ponsoitby is 9 pro